Dianne Feinstein: “I must say I differ with him on this bill because I am very much in support of this bill. In particular, I commend both…”

“I must say I differ with him on this bill because I am very much in support of this bill. In particular, I commend both Senators Leahy and Hatch for bringing this first Department of Justice authorization report to the Senate floor in 20 years. I very much hope the Senate is going to adopt the report. Before I go into saying what this bill does with respect to Federal judgeships, I want to comment that this bill does deal with homeland security, particularly border security. This bill specifically authorizes more than $4 billion for the administration and enforcement of laws relating to immigration, naturalization, and alien registration. More than $3.2 billion of this amount will be allotted to the National Border Patrol. That is something for which both Senator Kyl and I have worked on our subcommittee for a substantial period of time, and I am very pleased to see this authorization. It deals with domestic preparedness. For example, the Conference Report authorizes funding for the Centers for Domestic Preparedness in Alabama, Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Nevada, Vermont, and Pennsylvania. It adds additional uses for grants for the Office of Domestic Preparedness to support State and local law enforcement agencies. This bill also has FBI reform.”